Not Your African Cliché

We are joined by special guest Wandile Mthiyane (@Wandile7) of Ubuntu Design Group to work through the questions: how did African cities come to be? How did Apartheid and Colonization shape the planning of major African cities like Nairobi, Lagos and Durban? We discuss informal settlements and the circumstances that result in their existence and ask, how do we support people who live in informal settlements without being paternalistic? How do we be better neighbors to them? We close the episode by sharing our vision for African Cities. Resources: https://www.ted.com/talks/olutimehin_adegbeye_who_belongs_in_a_city https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/27/africa/otodo-gbame-demolition/index.html https://medium.com/latterly/homeless-by-design-the-forced-evictions-in-otodo-gbame-daae4039cc3d https://cda.co.ug/1130/historicizing-the-hustle-what-kenyas-colonial-legacy-tells-us-about-poverty-in-african-cities/ https://bittersoutherner.com/rural-studio-turns-20/#.W-yT7HpKg_U Reading Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Man